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In this week’s episode, we take a look at what it takes (and costs) to host the world’s largest sporting event during a global crisis. We hear from...
Bought by Classic107.3, GCR (Global Community Radio), WMUU-LP, RADIOLEX, and WHCP-LP Cambridge
- Added: Jul 15, 2021
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
Interview with investigative journalist, Lance Williams who broke the story on the use of steroids in professional sports. He also co-wrote the boo...
- Added: Mar 10, 2021
- Length: 18:14
While the world was marking the passing of Muhammad Ali, another giant in the world of sports in India died in Kolkata to far less notice.
- Added: Jun 07, 2016
- Length: 06:00
If you’ve ever watched the end of a long-distance race on TV or in person there’s a good chance it was a runner from Kenya leading the way. For ma...
Bought by WXDU
- Added: Feb 25, 2011
- Length: 06:16
- Purchases: 1
There’s a lot of action on the court. Basketball players move fast from one side of the court to the other. They dive for the ball, knock opponent...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jan 28, 2011
- Length: 03:46
- Purchases: 1
Life without sports. Think about it. No soccer matches, no football to watch, no field to play in.
That's how it's been in the Gaza Strip over th...
- Added: Oct 15, 2010
- Length: 06:28
You think driving to work in your town is a mess? Try navigating the streets of India’s major cities. It’s chaos and confusion of the first order...
- Added: Oct 15, 2010
- Length: 28:00
The World Cup winds down after the final on July 12th and South Africans go back to their normal lives after a month of excitement, partying, and i...
- Added: Jul 09, 2010
- Length: 02:44
World Cup fever has been in high gear across the globe. In Mexico, the national mood hangs on every match. Since before the tournament began, fan...
- Added: Jul 02, 2010
- Length: 03:57
What started as a fight to help an orphanage in Cameroon, has taken a member of the Engineers Without Boarders to fight in the boxing ring to raise...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Apr 08, 2010
- Length: 04:17
- Purchases: 1
Just call it snowboarding for Haiti. That’s one of the offshoots of this year’s Winter Olympics in Vancouver. The games provide an international ...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: 03:41
It will take a decade and three billion dollars to fix Haiti. That’s the assessment of a number of international donors as they examine the long r...
- Added: Jan 29, 2010
- Length: 28:00
Soccer is the most popular sport in Africa which plays host to the World Cup of soccer this coming June in South Africa. But basketball is growing...
Bought by PRX Remix and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jan 29, 2010
- Length: 04:27
- Purchases: 2
Soccer is huge in Africa. Wherever you go, from the cities to the smallest rural village, you can usually find a game of soccer underway. Right n...
- Added: Jan 22, 2010
- Length: 04:14
Basketball legend Manute Bol reached global fame for his skills on court – and his incredible height. At 7’ 7” tall, he’s tied for being the talle...
Bought by KRUA
- Added: Oct 09, 2009
- Length: 04:21
- Purchases: 1
Foozball is that classic tabletop game where figurines of little soccer players attached to spinning metal rods bat a ball into a hole. Remember p...
- Added: Aug 28, 2009
- Length: 03:39
Soccer fever is heating up as teams around the world compete for a place in next year’s World Cup in South Africa. It’s the first World Cup on the...
- Added: Jun 19, 2009
- Length: 06:36
Traditional boxing matches have been popular in northern Nigeria for generations. Though the number of matches being fought has declined in recent...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Jan 30, 2009
- Length: 06:13
- Purchases: 1
